The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 7, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
5:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2007
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 7.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / -0.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.74° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.40° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.