The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2038
Waxing Crescent
24.7% 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
12:41 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1427
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 22.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.63° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.50° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.