The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 2016
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
10:56 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1154
Events on this date
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Uranus 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 | 31.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 13.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.33° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.28° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.