The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
3:17 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1129
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.05° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.84° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.