The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
2:36 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -182
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.51° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.19° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.