The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 2106
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
1:08 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2267
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 | 70.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 71.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 19.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.32° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.11° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.