The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1971
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
1:13 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 597
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 27.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.09° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.32° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.59° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.