The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
4:52 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1500
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.86° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.83° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.