The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1954
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
2:13 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 388
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.38° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.63° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.86° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| 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.