The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 2011
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
6:27 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 338.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 175.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / 0.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.48° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.55° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.