The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 1937
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
10:07 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 176
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 | 253.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.37° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.58° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.