The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 7, 1917
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
5:43 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -71
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 343.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -12.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.86° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 185.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.