The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
6:07 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 832
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 | 163.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 348.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.17° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.05° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.