The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 300
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 0.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.45° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.26° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.