The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 10, 2009
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
7:06 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -17.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.59° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.07° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.