The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 1959
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
7:44 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 6.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 153.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.29° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.44° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.