The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 2132
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2588
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 0.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 270.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.47° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.26° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.