The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 1945
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
3:29 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 275
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 | 306.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 208.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.52° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.37° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.64° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.