The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
3:32 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1438
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 48.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.22° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.25° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.