The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
5:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2242
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.28° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.63° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.