The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 1959
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
12:53 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 448
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 | 285.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.85° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.06° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.