The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1953
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 374
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 | 239.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -26.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.91° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.74° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.