The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 2056
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
8:19 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1648
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 299.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.27° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.92° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.