The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1938
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
9:26 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 189
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 122.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.21° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.60° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.