The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 1966
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 535
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 | 235.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -24.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.47° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.37° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| 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.