The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 1932
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
8:56 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 115
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.55° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.56° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.