The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1925
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
7:27 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 29
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 | 194.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.38° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.56° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.