The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 1992
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
5:45 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 856
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.0° / 194.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / 2.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.76° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.46° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.