The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 1975
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
11:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 260.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.55° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.48° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.