The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 1959
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
1:54 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 448
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 | 297.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -13.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.03° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.26° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.