The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
2:55 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 189
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.26° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.19° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.