The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 1986
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
9:40 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 8.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.83° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.50° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.