The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 2073
Waning Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
2:37 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1858
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 | 295.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.97° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.19° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.