The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2105
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
8:32 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2254
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.81° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.72° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.