The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
12:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1116
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 | 263.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.16° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.09° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.