The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
4:30 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -108
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 34.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.90° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.70° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.