The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 1958
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
6:20 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 436
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -9.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.27° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.