The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
2:42 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.95° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.78° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.