The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
6:57 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 263
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / 1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.85° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.03° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.