The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 1977
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
8:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 671
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 | 228.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.66° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.43° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.