The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1920
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
11:38 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 252.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.93° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.14° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.