The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
5:06 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2279
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 21.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.43° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.48° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| 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.