The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
3:20 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -46
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.74° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.67° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.