The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
7:55 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 969
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 | 205.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.62° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.52° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| 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.