The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
4:01 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -145
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 | 121.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.19° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.56° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.