The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 2186
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
10:44 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3256
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.24° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.35° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.