The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 2179
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
4:01 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3169
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 | 310.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 209.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.28° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.28° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.