The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1915
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
3:33 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -95
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 | 310.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 234.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / 2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.90° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.16° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.