The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 2021
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
10:34 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1215
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 | 247.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.47° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.47° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.