The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 1978
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
12:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.82° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.89° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| 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.