The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1901
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.18° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.87° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.