The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 2080
Full Moon
100.0% 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
8:32 PM
7:11 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1945
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:33 AM, is deepest at 7:20 AM and ends at 9:08 AM. Totality lasts from 6:39 AM to 8:02 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 317.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.21° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.