The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 2012
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
8:00 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 206.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.56° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.70° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.