The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 1931
Waning Gibbous
61.5% 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
1:13 AM
9:54 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 102
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 | 256.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -28.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.66° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.62° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| 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.