The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 1975
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
6:27 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 337.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.4° / 178.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 2.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.63° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.92° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.