The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 7, 2089
Waning Crescent
11.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
5:00 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2056
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -4.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.78° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.12° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.