The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 9, 1990
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
6:28 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 832
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 329.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -9.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.31° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.88° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.