The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
5:22 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1166
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.32° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.01° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.