The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% 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
2:30 PM
3:43 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -71
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.87° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.57° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| 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.