The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 2016
Waning Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
1:37 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1153
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 | 282.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.69° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.40° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.98° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.