The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 2102
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
11:20 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2217
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -25.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.24° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.95° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.