The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
6:01 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -34
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 | 158.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 356.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / -0.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.17° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.30° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.