The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 2072
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
8:20 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1846
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -10.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.24° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.23° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.