The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1929
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
4:44 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 77
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 199.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -8.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.84° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.25° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.