The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
6:32 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -34
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 | 170.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 336.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.26° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.14° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.