The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 7, 2008
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
10:27 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1055
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.16° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.06° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.