The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 1904
Last Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
11:38 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -232
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.03° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.44° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.