The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 1905
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
10:34 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -219
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 | 41.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.20° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.49° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.