The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
3:26 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2712
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 | 104.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.44° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.89° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.