The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 2017
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
1:19 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 75.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.55° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.93° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.