The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
4:32 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.75° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.89° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.