The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 1, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
3:50 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 111.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 44.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.03° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.45° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.