The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 2092
Waxing Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
10:46 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2094
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.37° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.26° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.