The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
5:23 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 164.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 9.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -0.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.62° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.58° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.