The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 1962
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
11:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 486
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 | 52.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 40m / 17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.99° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.66° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.26° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.