The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2111
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
3:55 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2328
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 205.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.19° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.03° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.