The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
5:13 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1339
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 18.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 4.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.90° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.32° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.