The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 2013
Waning Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
11:01 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1116
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 | 249.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.94° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.90° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| 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.