The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2048
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
11:15 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1549
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 245.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -23.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.37° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.02° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.