The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1948
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
11:15 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 312
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.
-
Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 240.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.91° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.81° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.