The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 2043
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
5:43 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1487
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 183.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.34° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.16° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.