The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 1983
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
10:43 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 745
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 | 262.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -24.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.25° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.74° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.