The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2000
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
1:35 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 957
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.12° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.90° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.