The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
6:27 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2885
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 345.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.42° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.46° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.