The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1909
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -169
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 | 229.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -25.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.97° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.25° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.