The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 1944
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
7:31 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 264
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 | 196.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.23° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.35° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.