The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 1989
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
10:29 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 820
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 | 21.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.36° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.86° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.