The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 2153
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
7:01 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2848
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 328.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -3.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.40° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.