The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
4:26 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 124.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 35.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.39° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.27° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.