The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 7, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
5:24 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -207
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 | 158.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 14.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 4.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.47° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.10° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.