The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 2013
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
2:16 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1116
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 | 289.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.24° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.47° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.