The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1970
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
5:33 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 340.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.85° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.18° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.