The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
4:50 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3417
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 26.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 5.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.09° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.13° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.