The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 2019
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
10:27 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1191
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 | 26.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 107.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 11.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.24° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.80° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.