The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 2108
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
1:59 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2291
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.95° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.11° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.