The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 7, 2001
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
7:11 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 968
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / 0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.54° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.84° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 327.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.