The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 8, 2181
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
2:54 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3194
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 | 295.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 223.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.95° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.84° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.