The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1978
Waning Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
1:51 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 683
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 | 297.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.96° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.09° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.