The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2072
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
7:04 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1846
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.42° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.08° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.