The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 1958
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
10:28 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 436
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 | 254.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.88° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.98° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.