The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
2:45 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.09° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.38° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.