The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2000
Waxing Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 956
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.78° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.17° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.