The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 2010
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 226.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.51° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.07° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.