The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
3:41 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3244
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 | 107.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 46.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.84° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.19° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.