The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
8:58 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1141
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.11° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.37° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.