The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 1950
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
10:10 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 337
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 | 260.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -28.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.42° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.42° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.