The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 7, 2018
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
12:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.88° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.37° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.