The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 1961
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
12:59 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 473
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.49° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.07° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.