The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2048
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1549
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 | 229.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.61° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.67° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.