The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2047
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
2:08 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.67° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.88° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.