The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
6:46 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3256
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 347.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.35° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.80° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.