The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
4:33 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -145
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 35.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 15.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.56° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.39° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.