The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
6:44 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2786
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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.12° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.21° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.