The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1986
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
6:40 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 782
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 174.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 3.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.36° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.70° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.