The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 1950
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
11:18 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 240.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.02° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.61° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.