The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
4:07 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1574
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 | 117.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 12.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.55° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.04° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.