The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2146
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
11:16 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2761
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.73° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.17° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.