The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 1983
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
8:40 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 745
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 | 228.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.36° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.20° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.