The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2041
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
10:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1463
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 12.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.73° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.92° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.