The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
4:30 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 300
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 | 129.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.94° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.75° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.