The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2097
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
10:15 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2155
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.84° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.48° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.