The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 1961
Last Quarter
46.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
11:54 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 473
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.31° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.87° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.