The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 1957
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
11:31 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 14m / 19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.17° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.35° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.