The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
3:17 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1834
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 | 104.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.62° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.64° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.