The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2173
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
4:01 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3095
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.00° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.51° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.