The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 1948
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
2:15 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 312
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 220.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.61° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.41° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.