The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2157
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
11:47 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2897
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 235.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.36° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.19° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.60° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.