The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 1916
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
1:02 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -82
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 | 82.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 74.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.46° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.75° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.