The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1918
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
7:57 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -58
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 | 347.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.5° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.14° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.81° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.