The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 1955
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
6:23 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 399
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 | 196.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 313.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.24° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.82° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.