The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 1975
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
10:50 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 248.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.81° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.30° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.