The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
5:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 572
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 5.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 0.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.29° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.94° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.