The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 2002
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
4:12 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 199.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.49° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.85° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.