The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 7, 2040
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
3:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1450
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 | 310.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.83° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.24° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.