The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 2054
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
7:40 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1623
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 150.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.93° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.67° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.