The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
6:12 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1302
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 338.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.68° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.47° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.