The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 1950
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
7:00 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.32° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.73° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.