The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 1991
Waning Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
1:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 844
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 227.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.52° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.39° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.