The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1948
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
6:20 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 350.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 179.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 0.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.03° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.29° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.