The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
5:07 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3046
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 | 126.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 27.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.35° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.16° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.