The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
5:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 932
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 | 158.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 355.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.44° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.41° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.