The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
4:59 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1438
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 30.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.56° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.90° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.