The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
5:05 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1030
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 29.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.62° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.22° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.