The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
4:20 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3219
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 | 120.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 37.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 12.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.55° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.77° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.