The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 2011
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
1:11 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1092
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 23.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.33° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.72° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.