The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
4:39 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1005
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 | 132.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 35.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.69° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.34° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.