The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2054
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
4:44 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1623
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 197.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.04° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.01° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.