The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2193
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
9:16 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3343
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 126.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.34° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.07° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.