The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 2140
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
11:31 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2687
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 242.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -24.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.68° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.91° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.55° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.