The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1994
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
11:08 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 881
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.58° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.79° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.