The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 2021
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
5:49 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 179.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.72° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.87° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.