The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2034
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1376
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 | 232.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -17.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.79° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.32° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.