The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Waning Gibbous
96.5% 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
10:15 PM
7:44 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.63° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.45° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.