The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 2151
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
11:09 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2823
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 | 255.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -24.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.97° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.39° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.