The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
3:31 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 362
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 | 115.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.26° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.62° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.