The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2145
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
7:41 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2749
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -10.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.52° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.78° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.