The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 1937
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
12:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 176
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.74° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.96° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.