The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 2051
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
10:17 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 237.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.84° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.33° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.