The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
6:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1846
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 350.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.70° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.24° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.