The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 2081
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
3:39 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1957
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 206.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.11° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.16° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.