The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
7:39 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.4° / 155.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.32° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.55° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.