The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1960
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
12:09 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 461
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.66° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.63° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.