The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
7:42 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1203
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 | 188.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.28° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.11° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.