The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1975
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
5:30 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 326.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 193.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.70° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.70° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.