The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
5:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1104
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 8.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 1.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.56° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.94° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.