The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2089
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2056
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.74° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.10° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.