The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1996
Waning Gibbous
65.0% 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
1:11 AM
11:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 252.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.66° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.09° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.