The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
4:55 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 28.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.93° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.76° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.