The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 1952
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
1:36 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 362
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.69° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.18° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.