The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 1953
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
1:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 374
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 | 289.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.93° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.50° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.