The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 1999
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
7:24 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 943
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 | 199.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -7.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.10° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.21° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.