The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2078
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
3:37 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1920
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 | 308.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.35° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.41° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.86° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.