The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 1916
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
1:19 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -83
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 25.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.76° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.81° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.