The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 2073
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
5:26 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1858
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 186.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.81° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.82° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.