The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2094
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
12:43 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2118
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -22.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.27° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.57° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.