The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
5:52 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1908
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 15.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 14.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.00° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.32° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.