The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 1994
Waning Crescent
1.8% 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
6:08 AM
7:07 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 881
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 165.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.74° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.