The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 2198
Waning Crescent
14.3% 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
5:00 AM
4:31 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3404
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 204.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.17° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.09° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.