The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 2004
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
9:39 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1005
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 | 236.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -25.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.06° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.47° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.