The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 1942
Last Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
1:09 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 238
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 235.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.27° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.55° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.