The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 1961
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
3:14 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 474
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 | 296.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 225.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.96° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.63° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.