The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
4:55 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 597
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.93° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.33° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.