The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2144
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
7:37 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2736
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.02° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.