The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 1945
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 275
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 | 233.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.48° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.48° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.