The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 1912
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
6:13 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -133
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 4:25 PM, is deepest at 5:13 PM and ends at 6:02 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 348.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -2.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.90° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.20° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.