The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 1956
Waning Crescent
6.7% 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
4:27 AM
4:49 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 330.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 210.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / 0.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.24° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.60° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.