The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1992
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
2:04 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 857
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 | 80.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.23° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.33° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.