The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 2138
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
10:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2662
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -28.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.17° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.61° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.