The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
3:07 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 325
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 | 104.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 24.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.32° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.11° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.