The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 1988
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
10:51 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 807
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -28.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.37° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.54° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.