The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 2061
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
9:16 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1710
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 | 232.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.39° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.68° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.