The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1901
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
7:54 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -269
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 | 219.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.78° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.42° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.