The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1995
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
10:42 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 894
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 | 29.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.66° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.89° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.