The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
2:03 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 659
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 | 101.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 64.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 15.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.22° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.75° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.