The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
3:03 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 399
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 | 113.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.87° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.35° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.