The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1999
Last Quarter
54.6% 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
2:13 AM
12:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 943
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 241.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.28° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.76° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.