The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 1977
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
6:22 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 671
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 | 187.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 331.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.18° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.94° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.