The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2072
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
11:16 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1846
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 | 250.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.44° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.91° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| 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.