The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 2072
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
12:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1846
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 | 262.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.81° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.10° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.