The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% 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
3:05 PM
4:28 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 90
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.30° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.56° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.