The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2056
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
2:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1648
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter 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 | 289.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 223.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.78° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.16° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.