The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
1:35 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 391
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.43° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.70° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.