The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2016
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
11:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1155
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.17° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.20° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.