The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 2178
Waning Gibbous
72.5% 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
12:56 AM
10:16 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3157
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -24.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.48° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.59° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.