The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
5:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 0.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.55° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.42° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.