The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1936
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
8:15 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 165
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -24.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.22° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.94° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| 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.