The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 1954
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
1:24 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 387
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.18° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.23° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.42° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.