The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
3:32 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 164
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 | 122.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 48.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 13.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.33° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.97° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.