The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2129
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2551
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 | 227.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.73° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.99° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.