The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 2165
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
5:35 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2996
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 188.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.42° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.19° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.