The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 1931
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
6:10 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 102
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 1:23 PM, is deepest at 3:07 PM and ends at 4:51 PM. Totality lasts from 2:22 PM to 3:52 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 347.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -3.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.18° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.