The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 1986
Waning Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
2:20 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 306.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.19° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.83° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.