The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
5:08 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1005
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.87° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.17° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.