The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 2149
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
1:36 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2798
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -20.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.75° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.43° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.22° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.