The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
6:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 535
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 | 169.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 359.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.95° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.45° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.