The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2010
Waning Crescent
29.3% 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
4:07 AM
2:40 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1079
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 221.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.36° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.19° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.