The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 2070
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
10:50 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1821
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.81° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.11° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.