The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 1961
Waning Gibbous
87.0% 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
10:41 PM
8:27 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 222.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.86° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.15° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.