The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1921
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
1:42 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -22
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 | 295.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.75° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.85° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.