The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 1958
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
12:13 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 259.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.69° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.55° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.