The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 2102
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
7:18 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2217
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.84° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.10° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.9° |
| 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.