The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1943
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 251
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.85° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.57° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.