The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
6:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -207
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 | 172.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -0.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.23° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.