The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 2086
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
10:11 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2019
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.02° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.56° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.44° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.