The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 2151
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
9:12 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2823
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.96° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.87° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.