The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2088
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
8:26 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2044
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 | 209.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.45° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.69° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.