The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 1969
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
6:55 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 572
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 | 205.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 299.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.79° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.54° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.