The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
4:01 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1970
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.28° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.39° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.