The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 7, 2053
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1611
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 | 230.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.06° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.93° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.