The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 1982
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
7:01 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 733
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.41° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.20° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.