The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 1989
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
11:48 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 820
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.22° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.63° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.