The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 2097
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
9:38 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2155
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.98° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.30° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.