The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
4:20 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 796
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 | 130.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 34.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.20° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.79° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.