The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% 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
2:17 PM
3:41 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2539
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 | 109.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.42° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.21° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.