The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2019
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
12:32 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 58.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 75.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.70° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.32° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| 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.