The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1904
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
2:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -231
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -5.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.67° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.93° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.