The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2189
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3293
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.51° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.49° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.