The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1937
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
7:54 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 177
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.1° / 160.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.97° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.61° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.