The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 1918
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
10:35 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -59
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 | 247.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.35° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.81° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.29° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.