The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2100
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
7:23 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2192
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.6° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.96° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.62° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.