The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 1973
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
12:23 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 622
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 | 70.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 24.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.36° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.82° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.