The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 1992
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
6:47 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 856
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 | 354.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 177.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.32° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.68° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.