The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1974
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
7:08 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 634
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.51° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.