The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 7, 1980
Waning Gibbous
58.6% 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
12:47 AM
10:51 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 708
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 | 260.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.28° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.05° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.48° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| 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.