The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3417
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 | 159.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 355.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.45° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.80° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.