The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 2004
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
8:20 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1005
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.94° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.91° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.13° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.