The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 1926
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
8:51 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 40
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 | 230.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.67° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.20° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.