The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1969
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
10:02 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 572
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.11° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.24° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.