The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2026
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
7:13 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1277
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 | 186.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -10.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.57° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.91° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.