The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 2107
Waning Gibbous
95.4% 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
10:28 PM
8:12 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2279
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.06° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.33° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.