The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
7:10 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1203
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.96° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.