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Moon Information For April 1 2017 (South Africa)

Moon April 1, 2017 (South Africa)

The Moon information shown here applies to Pretoria, South Africa on Saturday, April 1, 2017. (Local time Africa/Johannesburg)

Moonrise to moonset11h16m
Moonrise10:37
Moonset21:53
Distance to the center of the Sun149,503,798 km
Distance to the center of Earth363,320 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)19.2%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonGemini ♊
Moon age (days past new moon)4.3

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in April 2017.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and Aldebaran2017-04-01 10:49Aldebaran is 0.3 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and BeehiveApril 5Beehive is 4 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and RegulusApril 7Regulus is 0.8 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterApril 10Jupiter is 2.4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnApril 16Saturn is 3.6 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and VenusApril 23Venus is 5.3 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and AldebaranApril 28Aldebaran is 0.5 degrees South of the Moon.

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