The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 2010
Waning Gibbous
91.3% 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
11:27 PM
8:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 214.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.97° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.90° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.