The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1999
Waning Crescent
40.4% 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
3:03 AM
1:54 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 944
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 | 281.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.85° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.72° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.01° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.