The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 2048
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
8:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1549
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.95° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.50° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.