The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 1915
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -96
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.81° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.13° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.