The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1911
Waxing Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
11:05 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -145
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 99.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.67° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.74° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.