The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% 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
4:20 PM
5:52 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1475
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 | 137.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 16.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.42° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.43° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.