The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2083
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
11:30 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1982
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 | 261.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.25° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.14° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.