The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1985
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
10:28 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 771
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 | 245.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -26.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.09° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.73° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.