The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
5:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 150.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 4.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.15° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.85° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.