The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 7, 1975
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
4:33 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 646
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 205.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.82° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.48° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.