The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
3:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 289
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 | 107.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 47.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.94° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.24° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| 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.