The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
4:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1599
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 41.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.57° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.27° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.