The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
5:13 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -170
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 24.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 13.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.98° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.99° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.