The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1988
Waning Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
1:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 808
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.26° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.80° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.