The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
3:08 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2069
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.26° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.82° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.