The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 1950
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
9:09 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 337
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 | 247.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -28.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.42° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.24° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.