The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2199
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
1:48 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3417
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.17° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.03° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.