The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 2024
Last Quarter
55.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
11:29 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1252
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 235.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -28.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.58° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.08° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.35° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.