The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
4:11 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2205
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.10° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.58° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.