The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
6:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 931
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 | 155.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 358.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.04° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.46° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.