The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 2008
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
12:48 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1056
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 | 58.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 25.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.57° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.54° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.