The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
4:06 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2242
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 | 115.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 14.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.40° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.31° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.