The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
5:11 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1537
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 19.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.69° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.99° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.