The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 1942
Waning Gibbous
56.1% 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
1:56 AM
12:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 238
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 | 263.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.26° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.36° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.