The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 1991
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 844
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 | 242.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.51° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.14° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.