The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2076
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
6:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1895
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 | 345.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 162.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -4.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.48° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.53° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.