The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 1, 2068
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
7:30 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1796
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 157.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.98° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.