The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 1, 2018
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
8:11 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.15° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.33° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.