The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 9, 1956
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
5:53 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 342.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 196.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 5.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.33° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.83° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.