The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 1980
Waning Gibbous
85.2% 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
10:54 PM
8:37 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 708
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.22° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.94° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.