The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1988
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
6:11 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 807
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.78° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.02° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 148.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.