The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1915
Waning Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
1:21 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -96
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.03° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.88° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.