The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
4:21 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 325
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 38.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.90° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.76° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.