The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
5:12 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2477
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.47° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.17° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.