The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 2181
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
8:52 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3194
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.83° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.75° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| 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.