The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 2005
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
10:34 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1017
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.76° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.05° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.