The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 1977
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 671
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.23° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.61° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.