The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1931
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
10:55 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 102
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.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.32° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.81° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.