The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
4:24 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.96° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.93° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.