The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 1962
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
1:09 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 487
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 | 69.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.62° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.50° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.