The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
4:07 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1908
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 24.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.13° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.85° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.