The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 9, 2015
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
10:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1141
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.63° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.72° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.