The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
5:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 102
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 7.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.07° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.54° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.