The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
4:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1698
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 | 111.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 38.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.17° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.69° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.