The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 2052
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
10:29 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1599
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 108.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.05° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.67° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.