The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1953
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
4:46 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 375
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 | 312.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 218.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.27° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.