The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 1939
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
11:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 202
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.66° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.74° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.