The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
4:43 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 326
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 23.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.12° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.20° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.