The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 1912
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
10:11 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -133
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 | 259.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -28.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.29° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.00° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.