The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 2031
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
7:20 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1339
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 | 192.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 301.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.84° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.33° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.5° |
| 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.