The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2005
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
11:43 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1017
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 | 278.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -26.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.96° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.29° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.24° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.