The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
3:37 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 399
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 | 126.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.21° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.17° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.