The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 9, 2009
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
6:38 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 318.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.48° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 197.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.