The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 1961
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
10:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 260.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.23° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.68° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| 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.