The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1942
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
9:29 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 238
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.90° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.83° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.