The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 7, 1934
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
12:01 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 139
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 239.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -22.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.05° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.50° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.