The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% 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
4:32 PM
5:21 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1636
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 | 136.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 19.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.44° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.42° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.