The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Waxing Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
2:04 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 26.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.70° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.49° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.