The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
3:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1054
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 | 301.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 212.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.06° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.51° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.62° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.