The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
5:27 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 968
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 | 132.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 21.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.71° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.33° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.