The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 2070
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
1:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1821
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 | 278.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.00° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.68° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.