The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1947
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
7:46 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 300
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.26° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.39° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.