The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 1970
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
3:02 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 313.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 217.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.76° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.75° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.