The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1950
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
6:05 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:08 PM, is deepest at 3:44 PM and ends at 5:19 PM. Totality lasts from 3:29 PM to 3:58 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 348.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -4.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.16° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.