The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
6:40 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1438
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 349.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.84° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.40° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.