The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2026
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
8:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1277
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 | 209.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.18° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.24° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.