The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 1912
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
6:36 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -133
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 327.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -8.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.58° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.