The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 1997
Waning Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
12:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 918
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.53° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.69° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| 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.