The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
4:30 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 832
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 | 117.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.07° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.73° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| 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.