The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 2064
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
12:20 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1747
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 233.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.38° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.52° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.