The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2024
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
10:57 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1254
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 98.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 26.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.82° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.86° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.