The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1926
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
8:16 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 40
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.61° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.03° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.