The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 1947
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
8:18 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 300
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 | 227.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.50° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.56° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.