The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 1929
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
10:31 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 77
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.91° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.01° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.