The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% 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
7:07 PM
6:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1376
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 341.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.47° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.68° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.