The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 2062
Last Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
11:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1722
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 234.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -28.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.62° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.75° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.