The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 7, 2103
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
9:16 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2230
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 125.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.89° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.67° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.