The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1942
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
2:13 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 238
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 | 288.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.02° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.75° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.