The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 1976
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
9:57 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 659
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 | 32.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 112.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.48° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.97° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.