The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1961
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
7:14 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 197.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 316.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.21° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.82° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.