The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
2:24 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -181
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 | 103.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 61.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 14.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.11° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.12° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.