The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1948
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
9:34 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 314
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.9° / 120.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.89° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.89° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.