The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 2173
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3095
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 | 232.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.04° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.36° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.