The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 1, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% 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
1:30 PM
3:14 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -71
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.07° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.75° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| 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.