The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2061
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1710
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.57° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.50° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.