The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1994
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
7:52 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 348.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 156.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.45° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.82° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.