The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1141
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.75° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.55° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.