The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1901
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -269
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.78° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.77° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.