The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 2019
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
7:24 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1190
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 | 352.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 153.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / -1.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.64° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.53° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 32.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.