The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
5:24 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2885
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 23.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.50° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.96° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.