The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2107
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
7:33 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2279
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 | 192.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -11.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.48° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.16° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.