The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
4:50 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 91
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 | 141.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 21.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -2.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.08° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.01° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.