The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
4:21 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -243
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 | 158.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 25.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.98° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.72° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.