The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 2053
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
8:04 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1611
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.99° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.43° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.