The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1985
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -25.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.41° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.17° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.