The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 2021
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1215
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 | 233.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 261.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -20.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.10° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.30° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.