The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1964
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
3:54 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 510
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 | 322.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.47° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.17° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.