The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
6:26 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2217
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 340.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.86° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.