The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 9, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
5:12 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1735
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 23.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 10.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.50° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.84° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.