The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 2002
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
8:52 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 980
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 | 234.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.94° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.01° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.