The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2185
Waxing Crescent
6.0% 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
8:47 AM
10:32 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3244
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 107.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 10.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.27° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.40° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.