The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
6:28 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 161.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 348.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.80° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.68° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.