The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1991
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
3:45 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 845
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 | 300.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.16° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.87° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.65° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.