The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
5:18 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1265
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 | 132.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.20° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.44° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| 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.