The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1991
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
12:45 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 844
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 233.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.53° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.19° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.