The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2086
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
8:41 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2019
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.12° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.10° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.