The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
6:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1005
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 | 169.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 337.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.75° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.