The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 2057
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
8:42 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1661
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 132.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.36° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.83° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.