The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
4:30 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 733
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 | 134.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 35.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.27° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.62° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.