The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 2073
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
10:07 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1859
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 111.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.19° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.07° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.