The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 1940
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
8:02 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.8° / 147.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.18° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.02° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.