The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 1937
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
5:37 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 176
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 | 339.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 201.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / 3.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.49° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.02° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.