The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1937
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
4:25 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 176
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 | 325.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 215.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -1.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.03° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.80° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.