The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1926
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
6:05 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 41
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.48° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.13° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.