The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2143
Waning Gibbous
90.2% 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
11:28 PM
8:46 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2724
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.08° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.14° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.