The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
3:36 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 190
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 | 125.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / -1.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.37° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.64° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.