The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 2056
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
1:04 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1648
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 | 277.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.90° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.96° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.