The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 2056
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
3:05 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1648
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 213.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.37° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.36° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.