The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Waning Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1178
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 | 229.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.71° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.83° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.