The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
3:54 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 968
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 | 105.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.88° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.68° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.