The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
3:22 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 54
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.47° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.04° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.