The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 1939
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
8:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 201
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.74° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.82° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.