The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
5:28 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1030
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.42° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.05° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.