The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 2117
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
7:35 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2402
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 151.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.52° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.67° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.