The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
4:38 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1574
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.42° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.86° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.