The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 2016
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
4:53 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1153
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 197.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -7.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.14° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.60° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.