The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
4:38 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -244
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 | 150.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 27.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.55° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.78° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.