The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 172.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 357.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.51° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.