The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
6:45 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2180
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 336.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -2.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.53° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.71° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.