The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 7, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
2:08 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.87° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.97° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.