The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 9, 2018
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
1:45 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1178
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 | 284.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.53° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.76° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.