The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
2:44 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 869
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.55° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.74° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.