The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 2121
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
7:27 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2452
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 | 197.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.10° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.