The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Waxing Crescent
4.4% 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
8:18 AM
10:17 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 24.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.02° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.27° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.