The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 1991
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
7:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 844
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.39° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.80° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.