The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 1957
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
8:31 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.77° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.00° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.