The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 1, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
6:43 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 339.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.14° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.04° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.