The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
11:19 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1129
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.31° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.06° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.