The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
4:28 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 201
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 31.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.56° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.15° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.