The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 1939
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
9:06 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 201
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 | 236.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.55° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.99° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| 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.