The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1955
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
7:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 400
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -23.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.05° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.54° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| 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.