The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1999
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
6:54 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 943
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -3.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.02° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| 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.