The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
4:16 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 461
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 | 140.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 36.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 6.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.12° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.53° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.