The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 1983
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
2:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 745
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.72° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.54° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.