The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2022
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
2:39 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1228
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 | 83.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 57.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 26.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.08° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.48° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.