The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 9, 1928
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
8:27 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 65
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -21.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.18° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.96° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.