The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1996
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
12:31 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 262.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.12° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.16° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.