The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
2:16 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 189
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 | 104.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 15.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.30° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.38° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.