The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 2070
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
11:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1821
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.70° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.30° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.