The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
3:14 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2304
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 | 102.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.71° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.02° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| 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.