The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2163
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2972
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.69° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.09° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.