The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 2078
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1920
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 | 225.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.92° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.52° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.