The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 48.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 26.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.98° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.62° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.