The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 2022
Waxing Crescent
11.5% 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
8:58 AM
11:44 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1228
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.41° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.31° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.