The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1996
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 226.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.45° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.74° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.