The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 1924
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
5:30 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 190.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.37° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.01° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.