The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:48 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1908
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 | 116.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 34.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.19° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.67° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.