The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 1994
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
10:07 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 881
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 | 252.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.89° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.61° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.