The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 9, 2105
Waning Crescent
31.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
2:36 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.1%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2254
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.14° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.43° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.01° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.