The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 2156
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2885
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.21° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.36° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.