The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 1921
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
6:35 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -22
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 | 351.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.7° / 179.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 5.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.31° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.93° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.