The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
4:05 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1463
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.07° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.48° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.