The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2186
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3256
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 | 234.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.20° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.18° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.