The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1959
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
3:54 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 448
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -6.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.56° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.68° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.