The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 1994
Waning Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
2:13 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 881
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.35° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.67° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.