The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1949
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
11:16 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 325
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 96.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.42° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.10° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.