The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 2059
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
9:03 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1685
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.81° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.73° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.