The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 1961
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
6:42 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 473
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 335.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -3.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.24° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.66° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.