The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
4:44 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -170
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 | 134.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 33.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.12° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.16° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.