The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
5:19 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1500
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 | 134.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 21.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.39° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.65° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.