The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
6:57 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1611
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.11° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.89° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.