The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
5:52 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2180
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 12.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.55° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.03° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.