The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 1926
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
1:23 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 40
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 230.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.27° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.13° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.