The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
5:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 597
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 7.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.78° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.16° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.