The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1983
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 745
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.95° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.38° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.