The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
4:00 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 226
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 | 136.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.52° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.33° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.