The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 2005
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
6:57 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1017
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 164.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / -0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.65° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.79° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.