The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
6:55 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1475
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 336.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -0.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.97° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.94° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.1° |
| 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.