The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1983
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
5:16 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 746
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 | 320.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 199.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / -0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.42° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.31° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.