The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1937
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 176
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 | 242.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.48° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.40° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.