The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1982
First Quarter
55.7% 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
11:52 AM
2:07 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 733
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.07° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.15° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.