The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 1964
Waning Crescent
26.6% 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
3:41 AM
1:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 510
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.01° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.74° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.