The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 2024
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
6:59 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1252
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 165.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.60° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.