The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 1953
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
11:50 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 374
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 | 276.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -22.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.96° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.30° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.