The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2195
Last Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
12:11 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3367
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 234.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -25.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.81° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.01° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.