The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 1975
Waning Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
1:41 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 282.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 230.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.12° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.86° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.