The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2004
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
10:35 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 246.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.98° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.53° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.