The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 1996
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
6:30 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 906
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 329.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.87° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.75° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.