The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1980
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
11:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 708
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.54° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.67° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.