The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
4:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 263
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 | 113.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.49° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.89° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.