The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 2007
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
7:02 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 322.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.97° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 215.3° |
| 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.