The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 1979
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 696
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.04° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.02° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.