The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1912
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
11:08 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -133
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 241.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -27.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.20° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.19° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.