The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 2018
Waning Gibbous
94.6% 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
10:22 PM
8:44 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.32° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.49° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.