The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.25° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.37° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.