The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1993
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 225.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -21.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.51° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.12° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.