The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 1973
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
6:25 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 349.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 184.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 5.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.87° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.