The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 2162
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
8:53 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2959
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 | 217.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.91° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.94° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.