The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
5:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 7.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.27° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.74° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.