The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
6:43 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1240
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 | 162.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 347.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.97° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.72° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.