The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 1980
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
7:31 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 708
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.84° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.60° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.