The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2178
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
7:56 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3157
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.06° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.