The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2189
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
8:11 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3293
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -9.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.70° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.17° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.