The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2140
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
6:54 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2687
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 317.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.71° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.35° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 180.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.