The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 1954
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
6:19 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 386
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 | 348.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.07° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.