The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 9, 2136
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
3:11 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2638
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 27.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.27° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.84° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.