The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2045
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
11:34 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1512
Events on this date
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Venus 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 | 262.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.99° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.73° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.