The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 2048
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
3:47 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1549
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 | 306.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 214.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.93° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.80° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.