The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 2096
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
7:40 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2143
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 | 189.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -8.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.73° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.12° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.