The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
3:02 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 110.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.47° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.41° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.