The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 1968
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
10:55 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.9° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.28° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.51° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.