The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 2197
Full Moon
99.8% 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
8:32 PM
6:48 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3392
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.36° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.58° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 194.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.