The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
4:33 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 671
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 | 147.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 30.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.94° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.54° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.