The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 1904
Waning Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
1:26 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -232
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 | 291.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.00° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.84° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.