The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
4:13 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1673
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.75° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.46° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.