The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% 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
1:49 PM
3:54 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 90
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 | 119.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.87° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.74° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| 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.