The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 1970
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
1:45 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 299.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.28° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.54° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.