The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
4:10 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 696
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 38.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.02° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.89° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.