The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 2118
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2415
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 | 226.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -26.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.75° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.73° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.