The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2217
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 358.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 1.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.84° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.37° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.