The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 1984
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
8:13 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 758
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 142.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.49° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.64° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.