The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 1997
Waning Crescent
29.2% 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
2:57 AM
1:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 918
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 234.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.75° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.90° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.