The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2011
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
7:25 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1091
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.2° / 158.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.77° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.