The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
3:48 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 325
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 46.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.41° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.93° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.