The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 2140
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
7:47 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2687
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.49° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.68° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.