The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:56 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -46
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 | 115.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.67° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.49° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.