The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 2059
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
11:03 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1685
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -26.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.83° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.26° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| 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.