The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
9:35 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1253
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 | 12.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.85° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.95° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.