The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1976
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
9:02 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 659
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 128.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.66° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.18° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.