The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 2016
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
8:31 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1154
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 137.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.00° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.73° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.