The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 9, 2007
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
11:01 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1042
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 | 257.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -28.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.52° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.04° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.33° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.