The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 1907
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
2:46 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -195
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 220.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.28° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.54° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.