The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 1906
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
6:29 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 196.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.20° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.26° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.