The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
3:52 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1698
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 | 100.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.61° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.88° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.