The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 1953
Waning Gibbous
90.5% 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
10:34 PM
7:20 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.44° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.40° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.