The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 1953
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
6:49 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 374
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 | 204.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 301.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.00° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.23° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.0° |
| 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.