The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 2009
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
2:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.84° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.56° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.