The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 1997
Waning Crescent
10.7% 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
4:24 AM
3:57 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 321.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 214.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.94° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.32° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.