The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
2:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 424
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 | 101.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.76° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.56° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.