The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2011
Waxing Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
1:23 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 70.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 16.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.59° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.67° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.