The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
6:13 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -6.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.12° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.26° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.