The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
4:01 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3083
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 44.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 26.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.16° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.01° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.