The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 2061
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
7:06 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1710
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:06 PM, is deepest at 5:52 PM and ends at 7:37 PM. Totality lasts from 5:35 PM to 6:08 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 325.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -4.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.70° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.