The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% 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
1:13 PM
2:57 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2774
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 | 96.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.33° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.77° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.