The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 4, 2008
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
6:35 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 173.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / 0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.95° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.27° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.