The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 9, 2012
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
8:49 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1104
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.49° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.86° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.