The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 12, 2009
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
8:14 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -24.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.96° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.40° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.