The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 2184
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
10:36 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3231
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 | 240.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.32° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.60° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.