The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 1, 2103
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
1:48 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2229
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 225.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.01° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.05° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.