The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 1920
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -34
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 | 227.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.12° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.69° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.