The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 2007
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
10:05 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -28.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.97° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.40° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.14° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.