The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 2051
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
11:05 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 249.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.26° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.51° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.