The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
5:46 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2885
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 | 142.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 13.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.34° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.79° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| 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.