The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
4:01 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -244
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 | 137.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 39.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.59° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.95° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.