The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 1999
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
1:05 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 943
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 | 276.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.61° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.51° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.96° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| 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.