The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 1977
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
10:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 671
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 | 255.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.52° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.79° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| 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.