The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
3:46 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 46.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.93° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.11° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.