The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1958
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 436
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.40° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.80° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.