The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
5:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 980
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 | 325.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 187.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.34° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.07° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.