The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 2197
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
11:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3392
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 | 261.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.69° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.58° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.